Saturday, October 25, 2008

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The kids went on a field trip with their school.

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They saw a lot and learned a lot about salvation too.

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Friday, September 5, 2008

Camping - Cades Cove

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We went camping last weekend at Cades Cove. We took a lot of pictures and did a lot of things over the four day trip. One of which our family had never done until this trip.

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Cades Cove is a campground at the base of the Smokey Mountians National Park. We stayed in Cades Cove and also rode our bikes around the 11 mile Cades Cove loop. This give you an idea of what that bike trail looks like.

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Nathan was very happy to have his new 21 speed bike along. I think he got the desire to a 21 speed after renting a bike this summer for our bike trip near grandpa's house.

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There's a lot of wildlife in the park. From our walks to water falls, bike rides around Cades Cove, going down the river, riding the horses, and just driving down the road. We saw three bears, two rattle snakes, lots of dear, heard tons of birds, and of course we rodes the horses.

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We had never all been on a horse ride together before this trip. Jannah was really excited about this ride and we all had a great time. Jannah was telling us she had never been on a horse but he wanted us all to know she had been on a camel ride before.

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This was also something we had not done as a family quite like this before. We took two runs at two locations. In all about 3 miles on the river.

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Some random shots of the trip.

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The camper I camped in many times growing up.

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Cades Cove bike trail.

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For those who want to see how we pull the camper and take the bike rack.

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Monday, August 11, 2008

Vacation July 2008

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Our family loves to be outdoors and to exercise a lot I'm told. Today I heard the average person walks about 1/4 mile per day at the most. Well, my parents walk three miles each morning and then they do sort of outside exercise during the day too.

This day was no exception to that norm. We went on a bike trail that was 26 miles one way. We didn't do the full trail but I think we put in under 30 miles in all. We were right by the lake most of the way and it was a lot of fun.

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At the end of this bike trail we stopped to have lunch right by a draw bridge. This was one of many "ships" that floated by while we were there.

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Good to see family again!

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Sabbath fun in the park listening to what was being said in church that day.

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And then taking - you guessed it - another walk on the pier.

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Great pictures from our canoe.

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Having fun on a small lake near grandparents house.

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Rowing on the lake and watching the ducks, frogs, flowers, dragon flies, horse flies, turtles and fish.

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Had to stop for one more picture together.

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

July 2008

 

 

 

 
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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Baby Otter

awww the otter


I love otters they are so cute. I even want one.

JF

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Drag Race - June

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It was the first time we took the kids to a race. we had a lot of fun with plenty noise while two LifeTalk staff raced each other. We plan to go back when they have real drag cars racing.

The slowest time we saw for the 1/4 mile was about 18 seconds and the fastest time was near 6 seconds. Ten seconds was the norm for the night.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008





Fun in the sun.





Happy birthday!

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Leopard Frog's

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She has raised 2 tadpoles since December 2007. Now we think they are about full grown. See below for the food they eat!

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Memorial Weekend Trip

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The one bat we saw in the cave

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New Salem, Illinois - Where Abraham Lincoln lived as a young man

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A wagon wheel spoke maker

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Hanging out at the mill in New Salem

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At the cooper's place - a cooper is a barrel maker

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We found an old friend in New Salem



On our way back from New Salem